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Gunslinger
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I got my schuster in and after getting the right tools I swapped out the factory plug for it. The schuster I bought does NOT allow for the bayonet lug to enter it. That's a bummer, but I only bought the bayonet for show, anyway. I might find a way to open up the schuster to allow for the bayonet but that's not a priority.
The factory setting on the plug was way too weak to even begin to cycle the action. I wound up cranking it back quite a bit before it would function reliably. I would stick in an empty clip plus one round and I kept cranking the gas pressure up until it would reliably shove the bolt to the rear, lock, and eject the clip. Once I found that, I gave it a half-turn more and called it good.
While shooting, I learned if you don't have it tight into the meat of your shoulder, it REALLY hurts. When shooting ARs, I had developed the habit of getting the stock less in my shoulder and more towards the chest. Fine for 5.56, bad idea with 30-06.
Didn't take long to get it sighted in for me, although I did find the elevation knob was REALLY loose. It didn't click, just rotated like it was on a bearing. I need to figure out how to tighten that up, maybe dab a little blue threadlocker on the threads.
I did find that the clips like to hit me in the face (of course, why wouldn't they?) and oddly enough, the brass will often lands forward and right of me. I had a pile of brass at either the 5 or 3 yard line. Indoor range. That I found very strange.
Other than that, this is the malfunction I find happens. This happened twice. Both times it was the second round remaining in the clip. Was not the same clip used. Was easy enough to fix, but something I found out quickly.
I will say this, that M1 sure makes my AR15s feel like toys.
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